How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

[HALENisking]

I have some questions on my HBE Big D, but can't find a way to contact them. Anyone have a lead? Hope they aren't out of business. On the chance that anyone here owns one, do you experience huge output jumps when switching diodes? Thanks!

[PFDarkside]

Re: How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

I think they are out of business. Regardless, with higher gain settings, switching diodes is going to give you different output volumes. Different diodes clip at different voltages, that's directly related to output.

[HALENisking]

Re: How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

I think they are out of business. Regardless, with higher gain settings, switching diodes is going to give you different output volumes. Different diodes clip at different voltages, that's directly related to output.

The volume difference is seriously insane though. from bedroom level to cranked low watt amp, no joke. Even when I just change the clipping from hard to soft.

[Progbusters]

Re: How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

Yes I used to have a BigD. I remember it acted as you have described. Lots of knobs and tweaking when using that pedal. Some pedals are like that, such a big change on the slightest adjustment. I have the CPR, THC, and doomsday device too. They don't behave that way.

[ginormous]

Re: How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

The home page for HBE kicks back to my browser as "ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED".

Most of the time, that means the server has shut down.

A Facebook comment:

Too bad Joel has closed the company. They had some great pedals.

Even the FB page looks dead.

Sounds like it's time to blow taps on this one.

[HALENisking]

Re: How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

Alright, thanks guys.

[cvansickle]

Re: How to contact Home Brew Electronics?

Sorry to hear they're done. I've owned a slew of HBE pedals over the years and still use six on my current board. Joel and his crew were the real deal.